Imitation pig skin fabric glove



New. 5, i935. E. R. MEINIG IMITATION PIG SKIN yFABRIC GLOVE Filed Noy.29. 1932 IN VEN TOR.

[7776i Mez'W/Q A TTORNE Y.

Patented Nov. 5, 1935 `UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

ThisV invention relates to a glove and has for its primary object theconstruction of a glove from fabric material which will resemble inappearance pig skin but capable of having its de- 5 sign varied in manymanners to imitate Various other surface ornamentations.

An object of the invention resides in constructing the glove wholly offabric, the fabric being manufactured in a unique manner to produceornamental effects on the glove that will give the same distinctivefeatures.

Another object of the invention is the novel manner of forming thematerial from a Milanese base fabric and providing thereon a top basefabric consisting of a multiplicity of embroidered stitches of aparticular formation having arranged therein a plurality of ornamentalformations of any desired design.

A feature of the invention resides in the coarrangement of thestretching characteristics of the sub-base fabric, the stretchingcharacteristics of the rows of embroidered stitches and the independentarrangement of all of the ornamental formations so as to allow a certainamount of stretch of the glove in a transverse direction but preventstretching of the glove in a longitudinal direction.

Another feature of the invention resides in the distinct ornamentalsurface effects given the glove which greatly enhances its salability.

With these and other objects in view the invention will be betterunderstood from the following detail description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a plan View of the glove.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary portion of the blank material from which theglove is constructed.

Figure 3 is a plan View of the top base fabric.

Figure 4 is a plan View of the sub-base fabric.

Figure 5 is a greatly enlarged sectional view through the fabric. v

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail plan View of a portion of the nishedblank material.

Again referring to the drawing illustrating one .45 of the many forms ofmy invention, the numeral I designates the glove having the usual fingerportions 2 and body portion 3. These portions are constructed from ablank material 4.

This blank material t comprises a sub-base fabric 5, a top base fabric 6and ornamental formations l. vThe sub-base fabric is preferably madefrom Milanese cloth. This type of cloth has great elasticity in onedirection but very limited elasticity in a direction right anglesthereto,

thereby giving the glove the required stretch transversely thereof butpreventing stretching of the glove in a longitudinal direction. I wishto call attention to the fact that the construction of the top basefabric 5 is such as to readily accommodate this stretching action of thesub-base 5 fabric 5.

The top base fabric 6 is formed from a multiplicity of rows ofembroidered stitches 8 that are embroidered through the sub-base fabric5 and these rows of embroidered stitches extend in a l0 zigzag path withall the rows of embroidered stitches paralleling each other to give amore or less solid body to the top base fabric, while at the same timegiving the surface of the top base fabric a porous eifect to moreclosely resemble l5 the pores in pig skin and further to set off andindividualize the ornamental formations or projections l.

Referring to Figure 3, it will be noted that due to the embroidering ofthe threads 8, the con- 20 tinuity of the threads is broken whichcreates the porous surface effect. The ornamental formations 'I are ofirregular shapes and are irregularly scattered over the surface of thetop base fabric 6, so as to closely resemble the sur- 25 face effect ofpig skin. These ornamental formations 1 are formed by individualembroidering operations and they project an appreciable extent above thesurface of the top base fabric as indicated at 8 in Figure 5. Due to thefact that the 30 embroidering operations are carried on entirely throughthe sub-base fabric 5, it will be understood that both sides of thesub-base fabric 5 will be provided With a top base fabric 6 and both ofthese top base fabrics will be provided with 35 surface ornamentalformations l.

In producing the blank material, the sub-base fabric 5 is arranged uponan embroidering machine and the rows of embroidered stitches arearranged thereon. When this has been accom- 40 plished, the variousornamental formations l are individually embroidered according to adefinite design, particular attention being paid to the proper spacingof the formations so as to allow proper visibility of the surface of thetop 45 base fabric 6 which gives a porous effect to the fabric appearingbetween the ornamental formations.

In practice under certain conditions it is advisable to dispense withthe top base fabric 6 50 and arrange thel ornamental formations directlyon the sub-base fabric 5. As the ornamental formations are of irregularoutline and irregularly spaced from each other, it will be appreciatedthat uneven portions of the fabric 5 will be 55 visible between theformations so as to enable the formations to stand out and besidesproduce a porous effect between the formations due to the surfacecharacteristics of the sub-base fabric 5.

It is, of course, to be understood that the exact design of theornamental formations may be changed in various ways and the top basefabric 6 may be designed in various other manners than illustrated anddifferent types of sub-base fabrics 5 may be utilized and therefore, Ido not desire to be limited in protection in vany manner whatsoever,except as set forth in the following claims:

i. An ornamental fabric comprising a sub-base fabric capable of greaterstretch in the transverse direction than in the longitudinal direction,a top base fabric consisting of closely adjacent rows of brokenembroidered stitches passing through and through the sub-base fabric tolay` over both faces thereof., said broken stitches imparting a porousappearance to the base surface, said rows disposed in parallelingrelation longitudinallx7 of the fabric with the stitches extending in azig-zag direction transversely of the fabric whereby to preserve thedirectional stretchability of the latter, and disassociated irregularlyshaped and spaced embroidered formations unevenly distributed over thearea of the fabric and made of individual stitched gatherings projectingfrom the top base on the opposite faces of the sub-base fabric toconstitute blister-like elements thereon.

2. An ornamental fabric comprising a sub-base of Milanese fabric, a topbase fabric consisting of closely adjacent rows of lbroken embroidered.stitches passing through and through the subbase fabric to lay over thefaces thereof, said broken rstitches imparting a porous appearance tothe base surface and disassociated irregularly Yshaped and spacedembroidered formations unevenly distributed over the area of the fabricand made of individual stitched gatherings projecting from the top baseon the opposite faces of 20 the sub-base fabric to `constituteblister-.like elements thereon.

ERNST IR. MEINIG.

